Cheesecake bites
by Aldi
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Cheesecake bites by Aldi receives a safety score of 95/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Cheesecake bites by Aldi carries a composite safety score of 95/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Cheesecake bites is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 95/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
new york style cheesecake: cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum, xanthan gum), sugar, eggs, graham cracker crumb (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], graham flour, sugar, palm oil, brown sugar, honey, salt, baking soda, natural flavor), turtle esecake (6921) butter (cream, natural flavoring), less than 2% of: wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, cream, milk, 50 nonfat milk, carrageenan, dextrose, water, vanilla bean extractives, lemon juice concentrate, lemon oil, soy lecithin, contains: egg, milk, soy, wheat, may contain tree nuts (almonds, coconut, pecans, walnuts), peanuts, value* 37% strawberry swirl cheesecake: cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream: %0% cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum, xanthan gum), sugar, strawberry filling (strawberries, sugar, water, glucose syrup, food starch-modified, natural flavor, salt, citric acid, fruit and vegetable juice color, xanthan gum, guar gum), graham cracker crumb (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], graham flour, sugar, palm oil, brown sugar, honey, salt, baking soda, natural flavor), eggs, butter (cream, natural flavoring), less than 2% of: wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, cream, milk, nonfat milk, carrageenan, dextrose, water, guar gum, vanilla bean extractives, soy lecithin, contains: egg, milk, soy, wheat, may contain tree nuts (almonds, coconut, pecans, walnuts), peanuts, 37% 12% 16% 62% sd guar turtle cheesecake: cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum, xanthan gum), chocolate cookie g 2% item r %6% crumb (enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine money 10% alkali, invert sugar, corn flour, căramel color, whey, baking soda, salt, 4% mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acidi, sugar, palm oil, cocoa processed with d01660 natural flavor, soy lecithin), eggs, semi sweet chocolate drops (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla), brown sugar, caramel (corn syrup, sweetened condensed skim milk [skim milk, sugar, corn syrup], sugar, butter (cream, salt), water, contains 2% or less of: sea salt, baking soda, xanthan gum), sugar, pecans, water, less than 2% of: wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, cream, milk, nonfat milk, carrageenan, dextrose, corn syrup, salt, natural flavor, konjac gum, tara gum, vanilla bean extractives contains: egg, milk, pecans, soy, wheat, may contain tree nuts (almonds, coconut, walnuts), peanuts,
Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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